--- title: What was the outcome of the ambassadors' attempt to convey the princ… — Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the fr… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the outcome of the ambassadors' attempt to convey the princess by water? Exam question 3 of lesson 1181 «Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king's plan, and the king defeats the Lion Fairy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1181-pg3027-part47/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the fr…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1181-pg3027-part47/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king'… What was the outcome of the ambassadors' attempt to convey the princess by water? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ambassadors · **What happens:** be, convey, attempt · **To what, where:** outcome, princess This is exam question 3 of lesson 1181 «Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king's plan, and the king defeats the Lion Fairy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1181-pg3027-part47/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:e3:1 # text = What was the outcome of the ambassadors' attempt to convey the princess by water? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 outcome outcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ambassadors ambassador NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 convey convey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the outcome | | | | of the ambassadors's attempt | tree rules | | 2 | **convey** | to-infinitive | | the princess | | | | by water | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent princess=Topic | | 3 | **attempt** | | the ambassadors | | | | | | nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The princess returned home with the ambassadors ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:e3:o1:1 # text = The princess returned home with the ambassadors 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ambassadors ambassador NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | the princess | | | | | with the ambassadors; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They drowned in the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:e3:o2:1 # text = They drowned in the river 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drowned drown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drown** | past | They | | | the river | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The boat sank and the ambassadors swam ashore ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:e3:o3:1 # text = The boat sank and the ambassadors swam ashore 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ambassadors ambassador NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 ashore ashore ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | past | the boat | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **swim** | past | the ambassadors | | | | | ashore *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The princess and the ambassadors disappeared with the boats ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:e3:o4:1 # text = The princess and the ambassadors disappeared with the boats 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ambassadors ambassador NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 boats boat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disappear** | past | the princess and the ambassadors | | | | | with the boats | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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